Friday, November 24, 2006

New antibiotics for gram positive infections

This CCJM review provides useful perspectives on the use of vancomycin and the newer antibiotics linezolid, quinupristin-dalfopristin, daptomycin and tygecycline. Note: since this paper’s publication daptomycin has been approved for S. aureus bacteremia including MRSA. Related post here.

2 comments:

There should be more disclosure about the interactions of this drug with (a) prescribed medications and (b) over the counter medications.I recently had a TERRIBLE reaction after taking "over the counter" antacid, with this med, and until I went through the "complications" I never would have thought the two could not be taken within 4 hours of each other.Live and learn said Jeff Schrembs.

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